Developing countries
BMJ Clinical Evidence online continues to be available free to people in developing countries as part of an initiative spearheaded by the World Health Organization and the BMJ Publishing Group. Our free access policy forms part of the Hinari Initiative, which defines the countries that are eligible, this list has been revised as of 1st of January 2005. Access from these countries is unrestricted providing your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is based in one of these countries.
The countries listed below, are those which have been defined by the World Bank as Low Income Economies and Lower Middle Income Economies and will remain unchanged until 2006.
Low Income Economies
Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Dem. Rep, Congo - Rep, Cote D'Ivoire, Eritrea, East Timor, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Kyrgyz Rep, Laos - People's Dem. Rep, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Tokelau, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen - Rep, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Lower Middle Income Economies
Albania, Algeria, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro), Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Morocco, Namibia, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Samoa (Western), Serbia and Montenegro, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tonga, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Wallis and Fortuna, West Bank and Gaza.